Casket, poems by Prabhjot Kaur. Vikendrit Group of Publications, D-203 Defence Colony, New Delhi 24. 116 pp. Hardback: Rs. 75, flexiback: Rs. 50.

a child of circumcisable age

`Great heavens!' I said, perfectly aghast at this dreadful manifestation of human power; but She did but laugh a little.

I got a day off because I shotgunned it.